Our two-hour audio feature has arrived and it is monstrous!
This monster is also available on YouTube! Share it with other weirdos!
The Colossus was written, directed, and scored by Chad Fifer, with additional audio production by Erik Peabody of Viking Guitar Productions and is based on the short story 2021-10-28 03:11:27 +0000 UTC View Post
We've stitched the parts together and it's time to unveil THE COLOSSUS!
The feature presentation of THE COLOSSUS will premiere on YouTube this Wednesday at 6 pm Pacific / 8 pm Central / 9 pm Eastern.
Fret not, sleeping non-US listeners, for it will be available forever thereafter at the same link and posted HERE concurrently for later consumption!
Those who would like to join - Fifer will be lurking in the chat - you can set a reminder and watch the show with everybody from ...
2021-10-25 16:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostAicktober continues with Fifer's new favorite story, The School Friend, available in the Robert Aickman anthology Dark Entries.
Special thanks to our dear reader, Rachel Lackey!
And please contribute to Miskatonic Missives: The ...
2021-10-22 17:51:46 +0000 UTC View PostIt's THE FINAL CHAPTER!
Thank you so much for hanging in with us while we put it together - YOU HAVE MADE THIS PRODUCTION POSSIBLE!
We will be scheduling a premiere of the FULL FEATURE next week on YouTube as well as releasing it here for everybody. Details coming soon, and ALL THE CREDITS will be on that one.
In the meantime, enjoy the bloody conclusion of THE COLOSSUS!
2021-10-21 18:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostJoin us as we finish up our conversation with writer/director Jeremy Dyson on Robert Aickman's story The Hospice!
Special thanks to reader and dancer Greig Johnson!
Next up: The School Friend
2021-10-14 21:05:44 +0000 UTC View PostWe are thrilled to be joined by writer/director Jeremy Dyson to discuss the brilliant author Robert Aickman and his story The Hospice.
Special thanks to reader and Aickman aficionado Greig Johnson!
2021-10-08 21:23:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe HPPodcraft website has had a redesign and now has a new RSS feed (archive and search pages will be restored soon).
As Patreon subscribers, this is pretty trivial, since it will mean absolutely NO change for you or your feed.
The new HPPodcraft site will still be getting one free episode a month, but that will change when we launch the new Strange Studies website. Strange Studies will be the feed the non-subscribers will have to go to get the free episode each month. ...
2021-10-08 09:51:52 +0000 UTC View PostIt's the penultimate presentation of The Colossus!
THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER SIX - THE HORROR OF YLOURGNE
THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER SEVEN - THE COMING OF THE COLOSSUS
Produced by HPPodcraft - Strange Studies of Strange Stories
Based on "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith
Written, Directed and Scored by Chad Fifer
Additional Production and Scoring by Erik Peabody / Viking Guitar Productions
Cast:
GENIUSES! Featuring Greig Johnson as Nathaire...
2021-09-30 14:08:45 +0000 UTC View PostWe're closing out a slimy month with a room full of snails - it's The Snail-Watcher by Patricia Highsmith!
Special thanks to our magical reader Heather Klinke!
Next up: THE COLOSSUS Chapters 6 AND 7!
2021-09-29 21:45:19 +0000 UTC View PostHitmen from Ulthar and the blackmail of eyelids - it's all in the new comments!
Next up: The Snail-Watcher by Patricia Highsmith
And the penultimate chapters of THE COLOSSUS!
2021-09-23 20:30:21 +0000 UTC View PostWe're closing up The Devil's Crypt by E. Hoffman Price! Join us!
Our reader is Andrew Leman of the podcast Voluminous. Check out their episode on E. Hoffman Price and his correspondence with Lovecraft - Currying Favor!
And while you're a...
2021-09-16 20:10:09 +0000 UTC View PostWe're opening up The Devil's Crypt by E. Hoffman Price! Join us!
Our reader is Andrew Leman of the podcast Voluminous. Check out their episode on E. Hoffman Price and his correspondence with Lovecraft - Currying Favor!
And while you're a...
2021-09-10 20:38:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Our listener letheasce followed through on a horrifically amazing dining scenario! The explanation:
Hi Chad and Chris,
I am the microbiologist who promised to have the podcast to be eaten in effigy by tiny amoebas. I did it! Here are the photos.
Some background to explain what is happening in the photos:
The “ooze” that I work with is the soil-dwelling slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum (Dicty to its friends). Dicty spends part of its lifecycle as a un...
2021-09-07 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostPatton Oswalt returns to help us size up the Michael Shea classic FAT FACE!
Warning: some language and themes not appropriate for younger listeners.
...
2021-09-02 14:42:18 +0000 UTC View PostAin't no party like a WEREWOLF PARTY!!!
THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER FIVE - THE GREAT, LOWERING FOREST
Produced by HPPodcraft - Strange Studies of Strange Stories
Based on "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith
Written, Directed and Scored by Chad Fifer
Additional Production and Scoring by Erik Peabody / Viking Guitar Productions
Cast:
Andrew Leman as THE MOVIE
Jaime Andrews as Istarelle
Rachel Lackey as Cosette
Chad Fifer as Gasp...
2021-08-31 16:08:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe're off these last two weeks of August but didn't want to leave you stranded, so dig into some unedited conversation about all sorts of things!
In this episode: Horse Sex with Loki, Knife Gardening and CAFE DELIGHTS!
2021-08-26 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe're chattin' about last month's stories and so are you!
2021-08-25 16:21:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello dear patrons!
We're off these last two weeks of August but didn't want to leave you stranded, so this week and next we'll be sharing some unedited conversations about all sorts of things!
In this episode: Golden Girls, RPGs, Bullet Babies, and DOGS DOGS DOGS!
2021-08-19 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe're concluding our coverage of E.T.A. Hoffman's weird masterpiece The Sandman!
Special thanks to rock star reader Levi Nunez! Check out Loot the Body!
Next up: Urban Legends and Random Obsessions!
2021-08-12 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe're here to lull you into some NIGHTMARES with E.T.A. Hoffmann's weird classic The Sandman!
Don't forget to pick up YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE by author J.R. Hamantaschen!
Special thanks to reader Levi Nunez of Loot the B...
2021-08-05 20:34:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe movie event of the summer doesn't stop!
THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER THREE - THE TESTIMONY OF THE MONKS
THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER FOUR - THE GOING-FORTH OF GASPARD DU NORD
Produced by HPPodcraft - Strange Studies of Strange Stories
Based on "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith
Written, Directed and Scored by Chad Fifer
Additional Production and Scoring by Erik Peabody / Viking Guitar Productions
Cast:
Chris Lackey as Bernard
Chad Fife...
2021-07-30 13:57:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe're having a look at early Weird Tales stories by future editor Farnsworth Wright: The Closing Hand and The Snake Fiend!
Special thanks to reader Ryan Negron!
COLOSSUS PART...
2021-07-29 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostThey will get you. We never should have said otherwise. COMMENTS!
2021-07-26 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe're washing away the rest of the OOZE by Anthony M. Rud!
Special thanks to our reader: PHOOLE! Explore the Phooliverse!
Next up: The Closing Hand and 2021-07-23 16:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're taking a dip in some OOZE by Anthony M. Rud - climb in!
Special thanks to our reader: PHOOLE! Explore the Phooliverse!
Next up: MORE OOZE!
2021-07-16 02:00:48 +0000 UTC View PostOur month of creature creators begins with The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury!
Special thanks to our reader and STILL MOST FAMOUS Miss Trans New England, Lorelai Erisis!
Tune in at the end for the new single by 2021-07-08 21:42:10 +0000 UTC View Post
We're wrapping up the month with a fantastic weird tale: The Black Stone Statue by Mary Elizabeth Counselman!
Special thanks to our reader Mike Hughes!
Next up: The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury
2021-06-30 16:26:43 +0000 UTC View PostStrap on your headphones and grab the popcorn!
THE COLOSSUS: CHAPTER TWO - THE GATHERING OF THE DEAD
Produced by HPPodcraft - Strange Studies of Strange Stories
Based on "The Colossus of Ylourgne" by Clark Ashton Smith
Written, Directed and Scored by Chad Fifer
Additional Production and Scoring by Erik Peabody / Viking Guitar Productions
Cast:
Andrew Leman as THE MOVIE and The Sexton
Chris Lackey as Bernard
Greig Johnson as Stephane
...
2021-06-29 17:30:44 +0000 UTC View PostWe're closing the door on Outside the House by Bessie Kyffin-Taylor!
Special thanks to reader and science-master MARTY JOPSON!!
Next up: The Black Stone Statue by Mary Elizabeth Counselman
2021-06-22 03:16:19 +0000 UTC View Post